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Released
1987 · FILM

Dragnet

LAPD sergeant Joe Friday teams up with rookie detective Pep Streebeck to crack a string of bizarre city crimes before the hidden cult behind them can unleash chaos.

“"Just The Facts."”

Directed by
Tom Mankiewicz
Written by
Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
106 min
ComedyCrimeMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday, the equally no-nonsense nephew of the well-known police sergeant with the same name, is partnered with a young, energetic detective named Pep Streebeck. As they investigate a series of unusual robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a large stockpile of pornographic magazines, they begin to uncover evidence of cult activity within the city. The pair becomes determined to solve the case and identify those responsible.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by William D GordeanShot by Matthew F LeonettiScored by Ira NewbornDesigned by Robert F Boyle

Box Office

1987 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$66.7M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$66.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $57.4M — 86% of worldwide · International: $9.3M (14%)

Opening weekend: $10.5M — 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $14.9M — 26% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,337 theaters

Also known as

  • Schlappe Bullen beißen nichtde
  • La retatait

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